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fhe eighth fort is alio tender, and iiuift be treated 
in the lame manner as thefixth; this is more common 
in the gardens in Holland than in this country, and 
as it is a plant which increafes but (lowly, will not be 
very common here. This flowers ufualiy in June and 
July, and fometimes the fame root will flower again 
in autumn •, for if the pots are plunged into a bed of 
tanners bark, the roots generally flower twice every 
year, but the flowers are not of long duration. This 
grows naturally in the Weft-Indies, from whence I 
have received roots and feeds. 
The feventh and ninth forts are more hardy, and may 
be treated in the fame manner as the Jacobtea Lily-, 
thefe will increafe pretty fail by offsets, when they 
are properly managed, efpecially the ninth, which 
fends out nyany offsets, fo as to fill the pots with roots, 
but it feldom flowers in England. The leaves of this 
are long and narrow, not much unlike thofe of the 
Snowdrop. The petals of the flower turn back like 
thofe of the Guernfey Lily, but are of a lighter co- 
lour, rather inclining to fcariet ; the roots of this are 
fmall. The feventh fort ufualiy flowers in winter, if 
the pots are placed in a moderate ftove ; and as at 
that feafon there are few flowers in the open air, 
thefe are more valuable on that account. 
I received roots of both thefe forts from the Cape of 
Good Hope, which have fucceeded in the Chelfea 
garden. The feventh fort produces a great number 
of flowers in each umbel, which are of a deep purple 
colour, but the (talk which fupports them, rarely rifes 
more than three or four inches high ; thefe flowers 
appear in December. The roots of this fort are very 
large, and the leaves are long, but narrow. 
The eleventh fort is figured byFerrarius in his Garden 
of Flowers, as alfo by Morrifon in his Hiftory of 
Plants ; but Dr. Heifter has feparated this from the 
genus, and has conftituted a new genus by the title 
of Brunfwigia, in honour to the duke of Brunfwic. 
But although the fhape of the flowers in this plant are 
different from moft of the others of this genus, yet 
as there is a unformity in the characfteriftic notes of 
the genus, it fhould not be feparated; for the Ja- 
cobasa Lily differs in the form of its flowers, from 
the other fpecies, full as much as this, therefore might 
for the fame reafon be feparated from this genus. 
This grows naturally at the Cape of Good Hope, 
from whence I have received the roots, which have 
fucceeded in the Chelfea garden. The bulbs of this 
fort are large and almoft round, the leaves are long, 
broad, and rounded at their extremities ; thefe fpread 
two ways on the furface of the ground ; and do not 
come up till after the flower-ftem appears, which is 
generally in November; and after the flowers are pad, 
the leaves increafe till fpring, and in May they begin 
to decay, fo that from the middle of June to Otftober, 
the roots are entirely naked of leaves. 
The twelfth fort is alfo a native of Africa, I received 
the roots of this from the Cape of Good Hope with 
the former. This produces its flowers in February 
and March. The items of this rife near two feet 
high, and have commonly but three flowers inclofed 
in each (heath, or cover. The flowers are as large as 
thofe of the Belladonna Lily, and are of the fame 
form, growing erect, but of a deeper red colour; 
the leaves are long and narrow, and have a hollow 
furrow on their upper fide, where there is a pale ftripe 
running the length of the leaves, and are very like 
thofe of the American Pancratium. Thefe leaves de- 
cay in fummer, about the fame time as thofe of the 
former, and appear again at the fame feafon. 
Both thefe forts may be treated in the fame manner, 
as hath been diredted for the Jacobaea Lily, with this 
difference only, of placing thefe in winter in a ftove, 
where there is a moderate (hare of warmth, for the 
roots of thefe will not endure fo much cold as thofe, 
nor fhould they have fo much water given them. 
The belt time to tranfplant thefe roots is about the 
beginning of Auguft, when their leaves are quite de- 
cayed, before they put out new fibres, for it will be 
very improper to remove them afterwards. 
All thefe bulbous-rooted flowers delight in a ioafe 
fandy earth, mixed with good kitchen-garden mould; 
and in the culture of them there Ihould be but little 
water given them at thofe times when their leaves de- 
cay, and the roots are not in a growing (late, for 
much moifture at that time will often caufe them to 
rot; but when they are growing, and putting out their 
fiower-ftems, they ihould be frequently refrefhed with 
water, but .not given in too great quantities^ at a time. 
The pots, with the tender forts, Ihould conftantly be 
kept in the ftove ; and in fummer they fhould have 
as much free air as poffible ; for although fome of 
thefe forts may be kept abroad in fummer, yet thofe 
do not thrive fo well, nor flower fo conftantly, as 
thofe which are treated in the manner here de- 
fcribed. 
The fifth fort, which is called the Belladonna Lily, 
was brought to England from Portugal, where the 
gardens fome years ago abounded with thefe flowers; 
for the roots increafe very faft, efpecially in fuck 
countries where they live in the open air. The gar- 
dens in Italy have alio great quantities of thefe flowers, 
efpecially about Florence ; where, at the feafon of 
their flowering, they are commonly fold in the mar- 
kets to adorn their rooms ; the Italians call it Nar- 
ciffus Belladonna. This plant thrives fo well in Italy, 
as to need no other culture than the common Lily ; 
and although it does not flower until Auguft, yet. it 
commonly produces good feeds in that country, from 
which they propagate them in great plenty ; but with 
us they require more care, othenyife they cannot be 
preferved. The roots of this fort were generally 
planted in pots, and placed under a hot-bed frame, 
to fcreen them from the froft in winter ; for as their 
green leaves come out in autumn, and continue grow- 
ing all the winter, fo when they are expoied to the 
froft, whereby their leaves are killed, the roots will 
be in danger of per idling; but if they fliould furvive, 
they will be greatly weakened by it. With this cul- 
ture the roots were preferved, but they did not con- 
ftantly flower, nor put out many offsets, fo that few 
gardens were furnifhed with this plant ; and of late 
years the roots have been fcarce in Portugal, for the 
Jacobaea Lily having been introduced into that coun- 
try, has fupplanted the other, in moft of their gar- 
dens, fo that the roots which have been brought from 
thence of late years for the Belladonna Lily, have 
proved the Jacobaea Lily. 
The method in which I have cultivated this plant for 
fome years paft, with great fuccefs, is as follows. I 
prepared a border clofe to a fouth-weft afpected wall, 
of about fix feet wide, in the following manner, viz. 
I removed all the earth to the depth of three feet, 
then I put fome very rotten dung in the bottom, fix 
inches thick, upon which I laid light garden mould 
about twenty inches deep ; after making this level, I 
placed the roots at fix inches diftance every way, and 
then covered them over with light fandy earth, to 
the height of the border, whereby the upper part of 
the roots were five or fix inches buried, and in the 
winter I covered the border all over with rotten tan- 
ners bark, three inches deep, to prevent the froft from 
penetrating the ground ; and when the froft was very 
fevere, I laid fome mats or draw over the leaves to 
protect them from being killed. With this manage- 
ment the roots have greatly increafed, and have con- 
ftantly flowered every year ; fome of them have put 
out two or three fcems, which grew near three feet 
high, and produced many flowers in each umbel, 
which have made a fine appearance during the month 
of Oftober. The green leaves come up foon after, 
and abide all the winter and fpring until June, at 
which time they decay ; foon after which the roots 
fliould be transplanted, for if they are let (land till 
July, they will have lent forth new fibres, when it 
will greatly injure the roots, if they are difturbed. If 
fome of thefe roots are planted in a warm border, 
clofe to a fouth wall, and on a dry foil, they will 
thrive very well, efpecially if they are covered in fe- 
vere froft ; and thefe roots will flower much (Longer 
■than 
